For residents of Daramola Abete, in the Ijora Badia area of Lagos, shot put is not the track and field sport that has delivered glory for many athletes on TV screens, but a less glamorous term for a ...

Ebonyi State Government and the UNICEF have agreed to deepen collaboration to tackle open defecation, cholera, child ...

Governor Nwifuru said this on Friday, when a UNICEF advocacy team, led by the organisation’s Nigeria Chief of Field Services, ...

With over 48 million Nigerians still practising open defecation and a nationwide shortage of toilets, some public health physicians doubt the country’s ability to achieve open defecation-free status ...

*Every year, Nigeria rolls out new campaigns to end open defecation. Billboards go up, slogans fly, and pledges pour in. But for millions, the bush remains their only bathroom. Not by choice, but by ...

The Governor of Ebonyi State, Francis Nwifuru, has urged the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, and other development ...

One of the problems bedevilling Nigeria is the health effects of open defecation whose impact, according to available statistics, is huge. In this special report, OKWY IROEGBU-CHIKEZIE writes that it ...

The Minister of State for Environment, Isiaq Salako says the Federal Government is on course to end open defecation by 2025. Salako said this at the public hearing by the House of Representatives ...

To curtail the spread of the cholera epidemic, the Federal Government has commenced tackling its causes, including open defecation. Speaking about the new anti-open defecation drive yesterday, Vice ...

Mary Achieng walks shoulder-high at her home in Baragulu village, Siaya County. Her family of seven has not suffered any sanitation-related illnesses in five months thanks to a pan placed on her pit ...

Koppal: Eight years after being declared open defecation-free (ODF), Chikkajantakal village in Gangavathi taluk of Koppal ...